Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter filed a defamation swimsuit Monday in opposition to an Alabama girl who claimed he raped her when she was 13 in a since-withdrawn civil lawsuit.
Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jay-Z attend The Two Kings Dinner offered by Sprite at RDG + Bar Annie on February 16, 2013 in Houston, Texas.
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Carter’s lawsuit mentioned the girl, recognized as Jane Doe, timed her declare “to inflict most ache and struggling on Mr. Carter” to extort funds from him.
The lawsuit additionally named the girl’s attorneys, Tony Buzbee and David Fortney, whom Jay-Z alleged “had been soullessly motivated by greed, in abject disregard of the reality and probably the most basic precepts of human decency.”
The lady initially claimed that Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs took turns sexually assaulting her when she was 13 at a celebration following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. Each males denied the allegation.
Jane Doe withdrew her lawsuit final month after Carter raised questions concerning the veracity of her account and his legal professional sought sanctions in opposition to Buzbee.
“Doe has now voluntarily admitted on to representatives of Mr. Carter that the story introduced earlier than the world in court docket and on world tv was simply that: a false, malicious story. She has admitted that Mr. Carter didn’t assault her; and that certainly it was Buzbee himself … who pushed her to go ahead with the false narrative of the assault by Mr. Carter so as to leverage a most payday,” Carter’s defamation lawsuit mentioned.
“However the extortion and abuse of Mr. Carter by Doe and her legal professionals should cease,” it continued.
In response, Buzbee launched an announcement saying, “Shawn Carter’s investigators have repeatedly harassed, threatened and harangued this poor girl for weeks attempting to intimidate her and make her recant her story. She hasn’t, and gained’t. As an alternative she has acknowledged repeatedly she stands by her claims. These identical group of investigators have been caught on tape providing to pay individuals to sue me and my agency. After talking with Jane Doe right now, it seems that the quotes attributed to her within the lawsuit are utterly made up, or they spoke to somebody who isn’t Jane Doe.”
He added, “That is simply one other try to intimidate and bully this poor girl that we are going to take care of in the end. We gained’t be bullied or intimidated by frivolous circumstances.”
ABC Information’ Jennifer Leong contributed to this report.
